DailyGood: New Kind of New Year's Resolution

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. --Edith Lovejoy Pierce Tip of the Day: "I'm not going to shrink my hips or grow five inches in 2011. I didn't in 2010, 2009, or 2008, despite my penchant for making New Year's resolutions that defy common sense and human physiology. The only thing more depressing than a personal pledge unmet is one so unrealistic it couldn't be kept even if plastic surgery was free," Philadelphia Inquirer's Monica Yant Kinney writes. That's why this year, she is following Chaz Howard's lead to turn New Year's resolutions inside out. "What if," Chaz asks, "we made resolutions that were about serving and caring for others?" [ more ] Be The Change: Share your service-resolution of the year with others. [ more ] Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 105184 subscribers Rate: